Ribeye Steaks With Blue Cheese Butter And Mushrooms

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 beef ribeye steaks, cut 1 inch thick (about 12 ounces each)
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 8 medium portobello mushrooms, stems removed (about 1-3/4 pounds)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• salt
• chopped fresh parsley (optional)
• 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons chopped rehydrated sun-dried tomatoes, not packed in oil
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 combine garlic, thyme and pepper; press evenly onto beef steaks. set aside.
• 2 brush mushrooms with oil. place steaks in center of grid over medium, ash-covered coals; arrange mushrooms around steaks. grill steaks, uncovered, 11 to 14 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, covered, 9 to 14 minutes) for medium rare (145°f) to medium (160°f) doneness, turning occasionally. grill mushrooms 16 to 18 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, covered, 12 to 15 minutes) or until tender, turning occasionally.
• 3 meanwhile, combine blue cheese butter ingredients in small bowl until well blended.
• 4 cover and refrigerate 2 steaks, 4 mushrooms and 1/2 cup blue cheese butter to use in ribeye steak sandwiches. spread remaining blue cheese butter over remaining 2 steaks. coarsely chop remaining 4 mushrooms; divide evenly among 4 plates. carve steaks into slices; arrange evenly over mushrooms. season with salt, as desired. garnish with parsley, if desired.
• 5 ribeye steak sandwiches: toast eight 1/2-inch thick slices olive bread. spread 1 tablespoon leftover blue cheese butter on 1 side of each bread slice. carve leftover grilled steaks into slices; season with salt and pepper, as desired. divide slices evenly among buttered sides of 4 bread slices.top each with 1 leftover grilled mushroom. divide 1-1/2 cups fresh baby spinach evenly over mushrooms. close sandwiches with remaining bread slices, buttered sides down. cut sandwiches in half; serve.